Foreign Affairs

DFID budget set to rise despite cuts elsewhere in Whitehall under spending pledge

William Ury, who has also helped end conflicts in Colombia, the Middle East and the Balkans, has met with officials

Institute for Government report says free movement could stay for several years because new system won’t be ready

Foreign secretary’s mayoral fixer becomes non-executive director at King Charles Street

Rise in spending through aid outsourcing has turned DfID into a commissioning department, say MPs

CIPFA commission will provide advice to ministers as the Article 50 negotiations proceed

Select committee calls on Treasury to relax rules so that Department for International Development can build capacity to ensure it allocates and manages aid budgets effectively

Prime minister leads parliament in paying tribute to those affected

MPs warn that contract with Capita-led consortium has "failed to transform" Defence Infrastructure Organisation, and continued uncertainty will exacerbate ongoing recruitment challenges at the body set up to manage £31bn defence estate 

Davinder Mann promoted to lead operations at business-aiding agency

PACAC slams the “absence of safeguards” to ensure prime ministers do not bypass proper cabinet procedures,  and urges government to publish the lessons it has learned from Chilcot Inquiry

Simon Case and Katrina Williams join the UK Permanent Representation to the European Union, as government prepares to issue Article 50 notification